1970s Political Scandals
1970s Political Scandals is a structured history dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Scandal, Year(s), Country. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 16 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Scandal, Year(s), Country, Central Figure, Outcome, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year(s) span
- 1969 to 1979
- Across 14 preview rows
- Country groups
- 10 distinct values
- Across 16 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Scandal, Year(s), and Country across history entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Scandal↕ | Year(s)↕ | Country↕ | Central Figure↕ | Outcome↕ | Legacy↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watergate | 1972-1974 | United States | President Richard Nixon | Nixon resigned August 1974 | Only US president to resign, led to campaign finance reforms, gate suffix for every scandal since |
| Lockheed Bribery Scandals | 1976 | Japan, Italy, Netherlands, others | PM Kakuei Tanaka (Japan), Prince Bernhard (Netherlands) | Tanaka convicted, Bernhard disgraced | Led to US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977, exposed Cold War arms bribery networks |
| Chappaquiddick | 1969-1970 fallout | United States | Senator Ted Kennedy | Suspended sentence | Kennedy survived politically but presidential hopes effectively ended, lingering questions about Mary Jo Kopechne |
| Koreagate | 1976-1978 | United States and South Korea | Tongsun Park (KCIA agent) | Few convictions, reprimands | Exposed South Korean influence buying in US Congress, prompted foreign agent registration reforms |
| ITT-Chile Affair | 1970-1973 | United States and Chile | ITT Corporation and CIA | Allende overthrown 1973 | Revealed US corporate role in Pinochet coup, Church Committee hearings exposed CIA covert ops |
| Agnew Resignation | 1973 | United States | VP Spiro Agnew | Resigned, pled no contest to tax evasion | First VP to resign under scandal, paved way for Gerald Ford, rare plea deal with Justice Department |
| Poulson Affair | 1972-1974 | United Kingdom | Architect John Poulson | Poulson jailed, Home Secretary Maudling resigned | Largest corruption case in postwar Britain, revealed council bribery networks in the north |
| Lambton Affair | 1973 | United Kingdom | Defence minister Lord Lambton | Lambton resigned | Sex and drugs scandal in Heath government, echoed 1963 Profumo fears, tabloid feeding frenzy |
| Flick Affair | Late 1970s-1980s | West Germany | Flick Group industrialists | Politicians convicted | Secret party donations scandal implicated CDU, FDP and SPD, shook faith in postwar Bonn politics |
| Profumo Aftershocks | 1970s retrospection | United Kingdom | John Profumo (1963 original) | Profumo's decades-long penance | Set benchmark for political sex scandals, Christine Keeler remained tabloid figure throughout 70s |
| Lockheed Italy (Tanassi) | 1976-1979 | Italy | Defense Min. Mario Tanassi | Tanassi convicted | First Italian minister convicted by Constitutional Court, President Leone resigned over connections |
| Marcos Martial Law Graft | 1972-1986 | Philippines | President Ferdinand Marcos | Overthrown 1986 | Plundered billions, Imelda's 3,000 shoes became symbol of kleptocracy, People Power Revolution |
| Lambrakis and Greek Junta Fall | 1974 | Greece | Colonels regime | Junta collapsed | Cyprus fiasco brought down seven-year colonels regime, restored democracy under Karamanlis |
| CIA Family Jewels | 1974-1975 | United States | Central Intelligence Agency | Church and Pike Committee reforms | Exposed CIA assassination plots, mail opening, MKUltra, led to FISA Court and intelligence oversight |
| Bokassa Diamond Affair | 1979 | France and Central African Empire | President Giscard d'Estaing | Giscard lost 1981 election | Revelations of diamonds from cannibal dictator Bokassa damaged Giscard, helped Mitterrand win |
| Teapot Dome Postscript / Pentagon Papers | 1971 | United States | Daniel Ellsberg | Charges dismissed | Leaked Pentagon Papers revealed Vietnam War deceptions, Supreme Court sided with New York Times |
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